I dedicate this autobiography to my late grandfather Nels J. Mullenberg, who was my inspiration to some day become a railroader. He was the section foreman at Plainview, NE, and lived in a railroad house, just a stoneÕs throw away from the depot where my grandmother and my mother ran a boarding house for the rails. It was not unusual for them to be awakened in all hours of the night to get up and fix food. My grandfather was transferred to Wakefield where he became the assistant to Mr. Larson, Roadmaster. It was during my tag along years that I learned by listening to Grandpa talk railroad to Mr. Larson Pranger (agent), Mr. Acton and our neighbor, Mr. Swan Pearson, who was a former railroad fireman.